A list of recognized statistics

Dear Mr Cross

I do apologise that you do not appear to have received a reply to your
email of 29 March.

ONS is not the arbiter of what constitutes a religion. The
religions/faiths which are recognised in Census outputs are a result of
extensive consultation with religious organisations and users of Census
statistics, and also reflect the range of write-in responses given in
pre-Census tests.

I have provided a link to the 2001 Census table Key Statistics 07, which
shows the broad religious groups used for standard output.

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Ex...

A more detailed religion classification is available for 2001 Census
commissioned output. Here is a link to the definitions volume:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/c...

(see Paragraphs 6-11)

This is by no means an exhaustive list.

I hope this response has been helpful, and please let me apologise again
for the delay in responding,

Nicola Shearman

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heyknow.com To: FOI Team@ONS
cc:
14/06/2008 19:54 Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - A list of recognized statistics

Dear Sir or Madam, Please can I have an internal review of the way
my request was handled (text of request is below).

In particular please could you consider whether a response was sent
within the required timescale.

Yours sincerely,

John Cross

---- 29 March 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

Could you please provide a list of recognized religions in the
United Kingdom. I would also appreciate a clear definition of the
term "recognized religion."

Yours faithfully,

John Cross

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